Broken Links, Mended Lives
This will be short. I am under the weather--now that's a stupid expression--I'm sick. Since next week is Romantic Times, I just hope to be back in fighting shape by Tuesday. But here are a couple of things of interest.
Colorado Center for the Book at Colorado Humanities is pleased to announce that finalists have been selected for the 2010 Colorado Book Awards.
"This year's selectors read and discussed 145 entries to select these authors and their works for the Colorado Book Awards finalist level," says Josephine Jones, Colorado Humanities Director of Programs & Center for the Book.
The Colorado Book Awards recognize outstanding contributions by Colorado authors, editors, illustrators and photographers in multiple categories: anthology/collection, biography, children's literature, creative nonfiction, history, literary fiction, genre fiction (historical, romance, science fiction/fantasy, mystery/thriller) general nonfiction, juvenile literature, pictorial, poetry, and young adult literature.
Winners in all categories will be announced at the 19th annual Colorado Book Awards in June during the Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival the week of June 21-25, 2010.
2010 COLORADO BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS
Anthology/Collection
Broken Links Mended Lives: A selection of short stories by members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Janet Lane, Susan Mackay Smith and Jeanne C. Stein, editors, RMFW Press
A Dozen on Denver: Stories, Rocky Mountain News, editor, Fulcrum Publishing
Beats At Naropa: An Anthology, Anne Waldman and Laura Wright, editors, Coffee House Press
Broken Links, Mended Lives is the anthology that Susan Mackay Smith, Janet Lane and I edited. So we are particularly excited about the honor. We had a great collection of stories including one by our own Mario (and we made the finals anyway!)
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An attaboy to my publisher Penguin for this new program;
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For those of you interested, here is a video of the volcanic eruption that caused so much trouble in the air space over much of Europe last week.
If you scroll down to the blog Send Cash – Not Ash, you can read some personal observations.
Sorry for such an abbreviated post-- but I am thinking of you!!!
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posted by Jeanne Stein @ 5:16 AM
Comments:
Hi Jeanne! Have fun at RT. Several of my fellow "Lolitas" from my group steampunk blog are going (I am so very jealous) as are my friends the "Smutketeers" (they're having a party on Friday). Feel better!
someone in my RWA chapter is running a contest where the prize is a ticket to RomCom. Think anyone from LA is driving? (think the hotel allows tents?) It would be fun to go and see you, even if it is *right* before RWA nationals. (would anyone notice if I snuck in the tot, lol, nah, she'd have everyone charmed in 5 minutes, right?) :)
OMG. I won. I didn't think I would, which is why I entered. I can't actually afford to go speak in Nashville, let alone go to RomCom, but man I want to go badly. Let's see if I can make it happen, lol.